Improvement in cigar-trimmers



A. HETTINGER.

Cigar-Trimmers. N0.139,152. PatentedMay 20,1873.

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ALBERT HETTINGER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO GEORGE W. EDWARDS AND JOSEPH M. PATTERSON, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN CIGAR-TRIMMERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 139,152, dated May 20, 1873; application filed February 3, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT HETTINGER, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented an Improved Cigar-Trimmer, of which the following is a specilica ion: w

The object of my invention is to enable the ends of cigars to be trim med ofl' uniformly and smoothly, without cracking the wrappers or drawing out the fillers, whether the said cigars be fresh or dry. I accomplish this object by the use of the apparatus shown in the end view, Fig. 1, and sectional plan, Fig. 2, of the accompanying drawing, in which a pivoted blade, A, acted on by a spring, 6, arranged to be operated by the direct pressure of the hand, limited in its movement by shoulders at a and a stop-pin b, and having a cutting-edge, w, of such a character as to produce a draw out Without squeezing the cigar, is combined with a plate, B, having a recess, y, for the reception of the end of the cigar, and to which the said blade, which is slightly lowered or bent, is pivoted by a bolt and nut, 01, on tightening which the said blade will be partially straightened, and thus caused to bind against the edges of the recess 3 The blade A is provided with a handle or button, f, by a direct pressure upon which it is operated. The perspective View, Fig. 3, illustrates the groove 9 in the base D for the reception of the cigar, and the adjustable gage h for determining the length of the cigar. Instead of slotting the blade, as usual, for the reception of a stopexaggerated degree in the sectional plan, Fig. 2, so that, by tightening the nut of the pivoting-bolt d, the said blade may be partially straightened and caused to bind against the plate with the required degree of pressure.

I claim as my invention The within described cigar-trimmer, consisting of the frame B, with alrecess, y, edged with arib, and the laterally-bent cutting-lever A, having shoulders (I. a and a curved edge,

of the character described, maintained in close contact with the said rib by the fulcrum-bolt d, all as set forth.

In testnnony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALBERT HETTINGER.

Witnesses:

WM. A. STEEL, HUBERT HoWsoN. 

